St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-12-03
PROCEEDINGS PARISH DEMO-
CRATIC CONVENTION.
OpELoUsAs, Nov. "a, 1887.

the Parish Democratic CONVENTION as
sembled this day at the Courthouse Oh
Opelousas at 10 NJ, and was cailen ~, w
order by G.. J. Thompson, one OF lne
delegates elect, who, upon motloh uuly
seconded, was chosen Temporary tnalf-
man. with Alfred Payy and J. j. Barry
as Secretaries. c, ,,oru
Upon motion of Louis Stage, Messrs.
Marx Firnberg and G.. A. NJ. Cooke were
amounted a committee to wait on the
members of the press, asking thelr pres
ence at the Convention. ..
On motion ofLouis Stage, a Commit
tee on Credentials consisting OF n!e
members was appointed by the Chair,
as follows: Paul Stage, Chairman NJ.
r. Wilson. L. M. Roger, Solomon Loeb
and T. S. Fontenot.
On roll call, the following wards were
represented Bellevue, Grand Couteau,
CoulGe Croche, Leonville, Waxia. Me-
grofoot, Big Cane, Upper Bayou Bmuf,
Mallet, Upper Mamou,, Faquetalqute,
Plaquemine Point, Opelousas, PralIle
BAYOU Bnuf, Grand Prairie. Bayou
Cbicot, BOSNIAN, Chataignier, Lower
Mamou.
On motion of T. S. Fontenot, recess
of twenty minutes was taken to allow
the Committee On Credentials to report.
The following report was handed over
by the Committee on Credentials:
TO THE CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF
THE DEMOCRATIC PARISH CONVEN-
TION:
Your Committee on Credentia hay
ing given full and careful conSidera-
ton of all the credentials presented, res
port that the delegates from the differ
ent wards in the parish are entitled to
their seats as follows, to-wlt:
1st. Opelousas, 8 votes-E. L. Lewis,
Z. Latreyte, proxy to DR.. r. NJ. Littell,
Sol. Loeb, G.. Mornhinyeg, Jr., &. Nj.
Thompson, A. c.. Jewellers, Benson
Harmon and Marx Firnberg.
I'd. Bellevue, yotes-M. X. Wilson
and J. P. Smith.
Sd. Grand Coteau, 7 votes-J. j. Bar
nv, Alfred Pavy, Augustus Burleigh. Jr.,
Jean Domec, Thomas B. DALEY, Nalsln
Richard and Felix Miller.
4th, Coulee CIoche, 8 votes-Honore
Meche, Pierre d. Richard, Divide Guild
~, Hypolite Arcenaux, Diogene Sa-
vote, proxy to Gustave Delahoussaye,
Thibodeauz, W. C. Miller, proxy
to Honore Meche, and Ursin T. Prejean,
proxy to Gustave Delahoussaye.
9TH. Leonville, 8 votes-J. 3. Roy,
Pierre Mistrick, proxy to j. B. Roy,
Louis Lalonde, Dupreyille Meche, l..
M. Roger, Jules Quibedeaux, J. B. Ber-
geron and Charles Clay, proxy to L. M.
Roger.
9th. Waxia, 2 votes-G. T. Hawkins,
Ell. B. Taylor.
It'll. Negrofoot, 1 voter. W. Heath.
Sth. Big Cane, votes-W. p. Clop-
ton, J. F. Lowry and w. II. Hay, proxy
to w. F. CloptOn.
9th. Upper Bayou Bnuf, votes
Louis Stage, c. J. Thompson and E.
Dubuisson.
10th. Malet, 6 votes-S. J. Gosselin,
Fermain DerbonDe, Emile Gaubert, j.
B. Comeau, John Boudreau and Thomp-
son Bihm, proxy to John Boudreau.
18th. Vile Plate, s yotes-0niIe
Lafeur, L. J. DossmaD, T. Corei, f.
Vidrine, ]. B. L. Fontenot, NJ. Lazaro,
Y. T. Young, proxy 10 L. j. Dossman
and Onez B. Fontenot, proxy to Onile
Lafleur
18th. Upper Mammoth, 8 votes-Tre-
vile Guillory, Robert Tate, Sebastian
Fontenot, Hypolite SoiIeau, ST., DIN
Vidrne, j. B. J. Landreneau, Paul V.
Fusilier, Joseph E. Butler and Louis
Observation-Disclosures Tate, Olin Vidrine,
Hypolite Soileau, ST., Joseph E. Butler
and Louis Landreneau, proxy to j. 2.
j. Landreneau.
18th. Faquetaique, votes-E. H. Nc
Gee, Cleophas COurvile, Honore Flu
silier. Joseph Fruger to Honore Fusilier,
and Edward Dardeau proxy to Cleo
phas Courvile.
I4th. Plaquemine Point, 2 votes-Wm.
Dejean and Lucjen Joubert.
18th. Prairie Laurent, / vote-John
Roy.
10th. Plaisance, votes-Achille R.
Dupre, proxy to Martin Andrepont,
Martin Andrepont, VaIsin Ledoux,
proxy to Martin Andrepont, Onezime
Lafeur and
18th. Barry's Landing, 2 votes-No
credentials and notrepresented.
18th. Atchafalaya, 8 votes-No Gre
dentials and not represented.
10Th. Washington, z votes-G. A. NJ.
Cooke, L. D. Prescott, G.. H. st. Cyr,
Ell. Joubert, D. G. Quirk, j. j. Neyland
and M. n. Gibson, alternates: A. B.
Anderson, VIM. Ewes, and r. P. Will
kins.
goth. Lower Bayou BGuf, 1 vote-J.
w. Daniel.
21st. Old Grand Prairie, 8 votes
Paul Stage; Ernest Ortego, Octave Fon-
tenot, II. Fl. DeshoteIs, proxy to Paul
ObdSS anu CltmOut v luliue.
22d. Bayou Chicot, s votes-Sam.
Haas, Eli Clark. S. Fl. Griffith, Il. II.
Thompson, c. M. Richard, proxies to
Sam Haas; David Clark and Austin
Campbell, proxies to Eli Clark.
23d. Dossman, 8 votes-C. Dossman,
q. T. Oliver and J. j. B. Hamberiin.
Gath. Beaver Creek, 2 votes-No Gre
dentials and not represented.
25th. Chataignier, votes-Paulin
Perron, ST., Azelien Manuel, Francois
Is. Fusilier, Jr., T. S. Fontenot and
D. p. Lafleur, Alexandra Ardoin, AL
phonse Outlet and Paul p. Fontenot
proxies to T. S. Fontenot.
goth. Lower Mammoth, s votes
Adrien Ardoin and
Theodose Fruger, Armand Hebert.
Francois MCGEE; Pierre Guillory, VI |
ger Fusilier, Theodule Fontenot and
Urbin Vidrine proxies to Adrien Ar
doin.
Twenty-three polls, representing 11s
votes.
Three polls, to-wit: Ba1ry's Landing.
Atchafalaya and Beaver Creek, repre-,
senting z votes, not represented,
The credentials submitted show No
evidence, OF any contest in any poll of
the parish